EFFECTIVENESS OF GLARE SCREENS

AVAILABLE LITERATURE ON GLARE SCREENS WAS REVIEWED AND SELECTED INSTALLATIONS WERE INSPECTED. IT WAS FOUND THAT GLARE SCREENS ARE EFFECTIVE BUT THAT WARRANTS HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THEIR USE. EXPANDED METAL MESHES ARE THE MOST SATISFACTORY OF THE AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES, AND A MODULAR SYSTEM OF ERECTION IS PREFERRED. POSSIBLE AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INCLUDED DEVELOPMENT OF WARRANTS AND EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTION OF GLARE SCREENS AND FLEXIBLE MEDIAN BARRIERS. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No PROJECT 52-1 NO NYSDOT-ERD-73-RR13
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Capelli, J T
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Glare; Screens
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219775
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: RR 13
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 10 2004 4:31PM